Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays , ne is used only rarely in conversational contexts , but is favoured in certain formal ( particularly written ) styles . |
| 2 | Let snapping dogs lie : they did not sway the outcome Whatever indignation is aroused by certain programmes , the public is not convinced of BBC bias . |
| 3 | We also know how deeply a person is committed to certain intellectual concepts . |
| 4 | Under this the Bank of England is permitted in certain circumstances to disclose information provided to it . |
| 5 | We are unsure whether the behaviour is truly co-operative , or is organised by certain individuals in the school , but the whistles and considerable vocal activity which often occur among members of feeding groups are undoubtedly communication signals . |
| 6 | I do n't know if the situation in Germany is as stable as people are making out I do not know if the other continents , or the other countries within the European continents , are of a stable nature when we look at what is happening in certain parts of the previous Russia or the states of the U S S R there is complete and utter confusion and atrocities being perpetrated on people within those . |
| 7 | The minimum figure is called the ‘ scale rate ’ which is supplemented by certain weekly additions depending on your age , health and other circumstances . |
| 8 | In Western Europe the distinction between politics and administration is built into certain languages ( Aberbach et al . , |
| 9 | Children are remarkably resilient in this respect and there is little doubt that the fuss which is made about certain minor offences has more adverse effect on the child than the act itself . |
| 10 | For example , a condition of official listing on the stock exchange of any member state is that disclosure is made of certain matters required by Community law ( see pp. 47–9 ) . |
| 11 | When a sufficiently large electric field is applied to certain fluids , they undergo marked changes in their rheological properties . |
| 12 | This input is fed to certain parts of the brain stem and filtered . |
| 13 | Similarly if the house is transferred upon certain terms and conditions ( see Chapter 6 ) s11 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 should relieve the transfer from charge ( see p99 ) on the basis that it is for the maintenance of the other party to the marriage . |
| 14 | The second move which might be made to counter the relativistic flavour of my earlier argument would be to argue that , despite the changing discipline-bound truth criteria , the intellectual enterprise as a whole is founded on certain context-independent truth criteria . |
| 15 | This is supplied with certain rolls of self-adhesive flashing tape , such as the Evo-Stik Flashband used here |
| 16 | This is shown by certain facets of their anti-social behaviour , such as the specimen that dropped red-hot stones onto Helston in Cornwall , before falling into Loe Pool nearby . |
| 17 | Ultrasonics technology is used in certain burglar alarm systems which trigger on detecting the sound of breaking glass . |
| 18 | By proposing discourse as the object of analysis , Barthes shows that language , when it is used in certain ways ( in this instance a story ) , has levels of structure that operate beyond the level of structural linguistics or even semiology . |
| 19 | The role of generalized person in the infinitive thus allows a deeper understanding of those uses of the infinitive where it is not in syntactic relation with another verb and of the reasons why to is used in certain of these uses but not in others . |
| 20 | Today it is kept in the cathedral of Monza a little to the north-east of Milan , where it is displayed at certain times . |
| 21 | My wife , an orange badge holder , and myself , know the badge system is abused by certain people but is it necessary to discriminate against the genuine case ? |
| 22 | The licensing provisions of the Act described below will therefore apply unless the waste is deposited on certain land occupied by the waste disposal authority . |
| 23 | We should also note that it is based on certain assumptions , for example it is assumed that those who have some reason to form a pressure group will , in an open society , do so , and that the degree of governmental response will depend on the degree of pressure the group is able to exert , and that this is directly related to the group 's importance to the community . |
| 24 | The approach of the county council is based on certain principles , first of all it reflects the decision of the Secretary of State on the originally approved structure plan and particularly on the first alteration to the structure plans er in nineteen er eighty seven . |
| 25 | Good journalism is underpinned by certain qualities or values . |
| 26 | Salim is bound by certain of the rules and assumptions of kinship . |
| 27 | It must be emphasised that this legal position , whereby the company is exempted from certain rules of the host state , can only arise in a case in which services are provided without a place of business being established in the host state . |
| 28 | The potential liability where the former matrimonial home is settled upon certain trusts is considered in Chapter 6 . |
| 29 | Prostostrongylus , whose intermediate host range is restricted to certain species of snail , has a lower prevalence , though its geographic range is just as wide . |
| 30 | If the magnet flux is concentrated in certain poles because of the winding excitation then the rotor tends to align itself so that the air-gap reluctance of the flux path is minimised . |